he & "Darlin' [husband] planned to ride horses [Black & Gray Tilly] into town to see Mrs. Rowan. However they found out that would not be posssible. Sam Pennebaker grew excitied as he spoke of the way in which things had been carried on at his...

In this entry Lucy writes of a visit from General Morgan and his wife. Lucy liked Mrs. Morgan although she was not brillant. There was a Ball with meager food and clothes that were reworked.. She writes that events in Vicksburg & Charleston are...

In thie entry Lucy Virginia writes of Mrs A. going out her the front door and meeting a soldier who demanded 15 lbs. of bread. He proved to be part of a Confederate scout operation of about 20 men. Lucy Vriginia writes of hiding in a canister the...

In this entry Lucy Virginia writes of Mrs A. going out her the front door and meeting a soldier who demanded 15 lbs. of bread. He proved to be part of a Confederate scout operation of about 20 men. Lucy Virginia writes of hiding in a canister the...

Col. John French & family are at Beersheba Springs in Grundy County just South of McMinnville in Warren County. Some old friends are back at Beersheba Springs. The Col. John Armflelds and the Scotts. Mr. Armfield brought some Dr. J. Hostetter's...

Two-page letter from Arthur H. Harris of Monroe, Louisiana, to his brother George Carroll Harris of Nashville. He writes of his recruiting expedition and his rifle company, of recruits hankering for action, of George's desire for a chaplaincy, and...

Excerpts from a diary, 1834-1865, and memoir of early life, written by Jesse Cox (1793-1879), a Primitive Baptist minister and resident of Williamson County, Tennessee. He describes the hardships of life as an itinerant preacher, some religious...

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Blountville, Nov 6th
Well, Oll
It has been a week since I received your letter but I couldn't get
time to answer it any sooner but it is not any longer than you waited to
answer mine. OH, I wasn't mad when I wrote to...

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Oll, I got a letter from Mollie the other day. She told me all
about a trip to Cumberland Gap and about her taking a ride on Capt.
Ashby's horse and somebody on Col, Cumming's. I suppose they had a
fine time and fixed up their love...

Patience is thankful to learn that her uncle is in the land of the living; she had given up hope of hearing from him. The "boys has both joined the army for twelve months" and will have to go into camp soon. Patience reports word "that the rebls...

Lewis Rhea wrote to his brother from Ft. Kearney while traveling cross country to Oregon. He heard that more than 2,300 wagons had passed. Rhea wrote "this country beats all for wind an storms . . . rainge pitch forks an buffalow." He mentioned...

Written on U. S. Christian Commission stationery to "Dear Brother" from A. J., J. A., and W. T. Easley. "We went under a flag of truce and I can tell you John it did not look right to see the Jonnys and Yankees all mixed up together Looks like war...

Begins with ball preparations and her disapointment of some officers' behavior. Next writes of very strong storms in the night. Finally she writes that Morgans men that are behaving badly, and he is "losing character by the way they go on stealing...

In thie entry Lucy Virginia writes of Mrs A. going out her the front door and meeting a soldier who demanded 15 lbs. of bread. He proved to be part of a Confederate scout operation of about 20 men. Lucy Vriginia writes of hiding in a canister the...

Mr. & Mrs. Rust of Hopkinsville visited the Haskins in Clarksville. Mrs. Rust's brother has been taken prisoner. However, he has been sent elsewhere. Mr. Rust says Hopkinsville is a perfect despotism. Willie Settle, Sallie Lewis & Nannie went on...

Letter from Pvt. Andrew J. Northrop to his siblings. Northrop enlisted in Co. H, 17th Indiana Vol., USA, on Feb. 18, 1864, and mustered out on Apr. 29, 1865. In the letter, he tells his family that he is well and weighs "one hundred and eighty...